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Sega has been awarded $10,000 plus legal fees for a suit against a Web site that hosted Sega game files and sold game copying hardware.
Sega has been awarded $10,000, plus legal fees, in a suit against a site called MAPHIA, reports Patent Arcade. The company claimed MAPHIA "allowed for, and actively encouraged, the upload and download of unauthorized versions of copyrighted Sega video games." The suit alleged federal copyright and trademark infringement, unfair competition, false designation of origin, and several California statutes.
We've seen cases brought against people for backing up games, but this one is set apart by some dubious business practices. Sherman, the owner and operator of the site, made a profit by selling game copiers personally. Sherman wasn't found liable for direct infringement, but was found liable for contributory infringement, due to evidence that he knew the copying was occurring, and that the purpose of the site was to create a need for his sale of game copiers.
Sherman was also found liable for a trademark infringement, since the Sega trademark was used. The court found "a likelihood of consumer confusion regarding hte sponsorship and origin of the game files available," leading to that count and one of false designation of origin.
Sega would have been entitled to triple the amount in damages if it had been able to prove other claims, but the court ruled that it hadn't done so.
Steve Watts posted a new article, Sega awarded $10,000 in piracy case.
Sega has been awarded $10,000 plus legal fees for a suit against a Web site that hosted Sega game files and sold game copying hardware.


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Wednesday 18 February 2009
Any utterance unaimed will be disclaimed, will be maimed...
In lieu of actual content, here's something I think is vitally, viscerally important: Coded Language by Saul Williams, who is a prince amongst poet-warriors even when he isn't being mixed by Trent Rezner. Listen to it, then read the lyrics, then listen to it again; it's like your soul sinking into a deep, hot bath after wandering in a cold field of bullshit all night.
ION: I just saw Susie Orbach speak about her new book. Much as I hate to be unsisterly, it was all kinds of bollocks, don't bother.
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- Anonymous18 February 2009 at 07:29
Put your claws away, missy.
Or buy yourself a scratching post! - Anonymous18 February 2009 at 08:23
:oP i think you were missing the point anyway. But hey. At least it was interesting!
ReplyDelete - Anonymous18 February 2009 at 11:02
Wd be very interested in some explanation of precisely *why* you thought it was bollocks? *hint hint*
*foresees brilliant disquition on body in contemporary culture* *grins in anticipation* - Anonymous18 February 2009 at 12:35
Saul Williams is wonderful, and you've just reminded me I haven't got hold of his Arditti quartet collaboration thingy yet.
ReplyDelete - Anonymous18 February 2009 at 13:02
Where did Penny Red say, "...self-satisfied Darwinophiles and their vitriol and prejudice"?
What have evolutionists got to be self-satisfied or prejudiced about anyway? I always thought self-satisfaction and prejudice was more the province of the religious and anti-scientific rather than "Darwinophiles"! Alathea: In what I am assuming is a twitter feed in the column on the left, under the title "Daily stampings". Sorry, I probably should have made that clearer, but I just assumed that Laurie would get what I was referring to.
I concur with your confusion, particularly about what evolutionary theory has to do with "prejudice".- Anonymous18 February 2009 at 15:40
"God made man,
But he used the monkey to do it.
Apes in the plan,
We're all here to prove it.
I can walk like an ape,
Talk like an ape,
I can do what a monkey can do.
God made man,
But a monkey supplied the glue" I could not agree more about Suzie Orbach. I felt utterly shortchanged having listened to her for an hour, she revealed that the case studies in her book were made up. Yet she expects treatments and policies to be based on this view. Will Self did a good interview with her a few years ago. It was measured but very revealing.
ReplyDelete- Anonymous18 February 2009 at 15:52
I don't think every criticism of one side of an argument has to acknowledge the flaws of the other in the same breath - especially not in the no. of characters allowed by Twitter...
But I don't know exactly what P Red meant, either, and I'd be interested to find out. - Anonymous18 February 2009 at 15:59
Thank you for clarification, Thaddeus. I admit to not following Penny Red's twittering in the same way as I follow her blog.
But why is a luminary like Penny Red so anti-Darwinist anyway? Surely physical evidence in the fossil, geologic and historical records, coupled with modern sciences like genetics and bio-chemistry prove the truth of the theory of evolution beyond any reasonable doubt?
Ms. Red seems to be the one who is harbouring a prejudice here. What happened to her to make her feel like this?
How curious. - Anonymous18 February 2009 at 16:13
According to Darwin we were all monkeys once, right? Well, what were we before we were monkeys? I mean I can't even recall being a monkey let alone remember what the heck I was before I was one!
ReplyDelete Intelligent Designer: It is generally held to be self-evident that before you can effectively criticise Darwinian Evolution, you must first understand it, and alas, it appears that you do not. No scientist is claiming that you personally(or any other individual, for that matter) was once a monkey.
In fact, if someone has actually been telling you that you used to be an ape, I would politely suggest that they may in fact have been attempting to insult you, rather than teach you biology.
Alathea: I don't think I'd say that Ms. Penny is "anti-Darwinist" per se. Indeed, she's a smart person, so I'd assume that she accepts evolutionary theory. Her comment seems more aimed towards "Darwinophiles", although beyond that I get a bit confused, which is why I brought it up.- Anonymous18 February 2009 at 17:45
Smile you're on candid camera!
You need more art and humanities included in your curriculum, son. If you watched the American comedy series "My Name is Earl", shown late night on Channel 4, you'd recognise an episode of this really quite funny series as the origin of the joke in my former comment.
Life may be short but it's taller than Ronnie Corbett! When you walk try not to drag your knuckles! Sorry about that, guys - It was late, and I said Darwinophiles when I meant Dawkinsites. Very easy to confuse the two, especially around the anniversary.
Me, I think Darwin was right. But I don't see that as an excuse to spit at everyone else's beliefs, and that's what I've been seeing more and more on some of the liberal-affiliated sites I read. I'm an agnostic with buddhist leanings (or, at least, significant buddhist readings and experiences), I'm not an atheist. I resent being told that just because I respect science and don't believe in any sort of patriarchal beard in the sky, I'm not allowed to be spiritual at all. I find a lot of religious thought compelling, although I find its practice highly dubious much of the time. I also find the way that people idolise Richard Dawkins highly irritating and a tad hypocrytical.
My ground rule is question everything. Question religious doctrine. Question received orthodoxies. But it has to go further than that: question atheist doctrine. Question new orthodoxies. There, does that explain it a bit more?- Anonymous18 February 2009 at 18:23
I am an atheist now, but once, under the influence of a tab of lysergic acid diethylamide, I discovered I had the power to forgive people their sins. As I was alone at the time of this epiphany except for my tortoiseshell cat Clarence, I comprehensively pardoned my feline companion of all his sins both retrospectively and prospectively.
I now take it upon myself to forgive both you Penny Red and every other member of the human race besides.
You may consider yourselves well shriven. - Anonymous18 February 2009 at 18:25
Did Richard Dawkins marry Lala Ward because he wanted to get into her genes?
ReplyDelete Intelligent Designer: Phew! It seems I've been caught out by Poe's Law. I like My Name is Earl, but I don't watch it often enough to recognise the quote. At any rate, I'm happier with the prospect of me looking like a bit of a prat over one where you actually believed that.
Laurie: Thanks for clearing that up. I feel a bit better knowing that you don't consider liking Darwin to be prejudicial in nature.
That said, I would still take issue with your attack of "Dawkinsites" as something of an assault on a straw-man. He seems to have become a punching bag for opponents of atheism who wish to present him as some kind of leader of a nefarious group of mindless literalists who want to ban all religion and hate beauty and never want to have fun, and are really horrible to boot. Whilst I don't think you actually believe that, I do think it's quite easy to be drawn in by some of the rhetoric surrounding the issue and end up believing things that aren't strictly true.
For instance, I'm sorry you feel people are telling you that you're "not allowed" to respect science and be spiritual in the manner of your choosing. That said, I've not come across that as the prevailing attitude in any of the atheist groups or blogs I'm familiar with (fans of Dawkins or otherwise). I've certainly seen the veiwpoint that scientific naturalism and spirituality are incompatible by nature, but that outlook imposes no dictum on the positions others can hold.
Similarly, I think the way you talk about "the way that people idolise Richard Dawkins" touches on another straw-man argument that these people tend to bring up; namely that Dawkins is some kind of Evil Atheist Pope, and it's just like a religion really.
This particular "well, you do it too!" fallacy is one I find particularly confusing. Not only is it not true, it's not a particularly good defense for a religious viewpoint.
I happen to think quite highly of Dawkins; he's a good writer and he has some interesting and well-reasoned things to say, but I'd never say that I "idolise" him, and I don't really think I've come across anyone else who does.- Anonymous18 February 2009 at 21:47
Sashagoblin - chill out, chuck! My given name actually happens to be Suzana which I truncate to Suzie when amongst friends. I happen to like Susie Orbach, but my moniker, Suzie O, is not supposed to be some kind of bizarre homage to Susie O(rbach) or anybody else for that matter.
So Sash, I didn't misspell my name at all, it was you who misinterpreted it contextually.
To the pure all things are pure! - Anonymous19 February 2009 at 09:11
I have a confession to make!
I like Richard Dawkins!
Although Dawkins has become an involuntary figurehead for the humanist cause, were you to talk to him or even read any of his superbly written, well argued and erudite books your negative views of the man might well be completely dispelled. Besides being scholarly Dawkins is also witty and very, very funny as I am sure another commentator on this blog, Thaddeus, will agree.
Chill out, Penny.
As you should know better than any of us liberty cannot exist without tolerance and debate.
Viva la difference!
Oh! And isn't Buddhism innately atheistic? The Buddha only claimed to have found a way to escape from the wheel of eternal suffering didn't he? Or do you know something that we don't know?
Om mani padme hum... - Anonymous19 February 2009 at 10:23
Oh, well, yes, Dawkins (anyone who knows me will know the tone in which I say this). I don't like him either (not because he's an atheist). I also resent the idea that respecting science and being a Christian are incompatible, and I welcome everything P Red says in her comment being 'Sorry about that, guys'..
ReplyDelete - Anonymous19 February 2009 at 10:48
@ Clamorous Voice.
Don't go around disliking and looking down your nose at poor old Richard Dawkins, Clammy. If you form a habit of doing things like that... well... wouldn't it be rather anti-Christian of you?
(This is a joke by the way!) Question everythign is all well and good. That's pretty much the basis of atheism. Question and don't give automatic credance to anything. I'm puzzled to see someone as clever as you spout the line "atheist doctrine' though. Such an idea is patently bollocks. The only uniting cause for atheists is a lack of a belief in a theistic force. That's not a doctrine and never could be. Atheists might organise themselves around various banners, political and philosophical but that doesn't make any position the atheist position. I respect and like Dawkins, but I very much doubt I agree with all his politics, nor would I change my position based on his pronunciations. I find him interesting and I admire him for saying a lot of things about organised religion that somebody needed to say. BUt again, significant;y that's not a doctrine. Show me the Atheist Nicene Creed and maybe I'll believe that old chesnut.
ReplyDeleteSuch an idea is patently bollocks. The only uniting cause for atheists is a lack of a belief in a theistic force. That's not a doctrine and never could be
That ceases to be true when atheists start running bus campaigns telling other people what to think. At that point they have a doctrine, and indeed they have a dogma.
The example of an 'atheist Nikean Creed' is a red herring; "There's probably no God" is a short doctrine but it is one, nevertheless. "There is no god" is also a doctrine, and one I encounter much more frequently than the previous one, from people who self-define as atheists.
I personally think the campaign is brilliant. I love the fact it exists and I love the fact people are allowed to ridicule it, just as they do the Alpha course adverts or the one which I recently saw saying words to the effect of 'only the fool denies the presence of the Lord', which is clearly an attempt at subtly calling Dawkins a fool. Silly people.
The philosophical principle of questioning all things is simply skepticism. To be atheism, it must go one step further and make a statement about theism. Thus, by infection, doctrine creeps in.It's not a doctrine. I could give you creed, in that denial of God could be argued to be a statement of belief, though I'm not totally convinced as it is a statement of non belief. And 'there's probably non God' is not exactly the most powerful way to make an argument or tell people what to believe. In fact I find it incomprehensible that a statement that merely throws doubt on the existence of God is interpreted as dictatorial.
A doctrine is an actively taught organised system of policies attached to a government or a religion. Atheism lacks both the framework and such a coherent raft of ideas beyond being loosely bound by a lack of faith."That ceases to be true when atheists start running bus campaigns telling other people what to think."
Statements such as these suggest that one has a limited idea of what one is talking about.
Those campaigns have nothing to do with "telling other people what to think", and much more to do with simply having a public voice.
Continuing to insist that there is an Atheist Doctrine might keep you busy, but it does not change the fact that it isn't true. A lack of a belief in a Creator God, is simply not a doctrine.- Anonymous19 February 2009 at 11:35
@ Siân.
Why would atheists need a creed? Or to organise themselves in a recognisable and formal way?
The whole idea of atheism is to abandon the mythology of divine authority, whose will is received and interpreted on earth by a self-styled priesthood, and hence to liberate oneself from the need for any creed, canon or sundry man-made dogma?
Atheism is about freedom, not foible. - Anonymous19 February 2009 at 11:51
I don't know about all this "There is probably no God" thing on buses or not but I do believe that "Heineken is probably the best lager in the world".
For sure! Alathea - I've read a lot of Dawkins' writing, although I haven't been lucky enough to meet the man in person.
Atheism is a statement of belief - a statement of belief that there is no god. Not only am I down with that, I believe that atheists have as much right to have their beliefs recognised as anyone else, hence why I think the bus advert campaign is a great idea. But it really gets me riled up when atheists get so defensive that they start attacking other faiths, which - with all the furore around the atheist bus campaign - is what seems to have been happening.
There is a difference between atheism and skepticism, as JQP says. I'd go so far as to say that skepticism taken to its logical conclusion would be incompatible with atheism, being that the latter is a definite position, and the former exists to question all definite positions.
Doctrine. Right, dictionaryonline has -
'a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school'
dictionary.com has:
'a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine. '
And here, I think, we come to the crux. Doctrine implies not only a firmly-held position, but advocation of that position, even teaching of it. I think that's what atheists have been doing in the public sphere in recent months, and I'd question the way it's been done, which to my thinking deliberately echoes some of the worst type of theistic smugness, but I'd not challenge the fact that it's being done. I think it's about time.
I get annoyed with atheists who become petty, smug or vitriolic. That was all my original comment was intended to communicate. I think atheists and skeptics should be better than that, because I firmly believe that this period of human history needs to be an age of both atheism and skepticism. I respect the right of all religions to a public voice, but I believe that atheism and skepticism are and should be the tools of reasoned debate, anti-extremism and humanist and socialist acheivement in the 21st century. I believe that atheism and skepticism desperately need to represent a mature, tolerant and reasonable public position. And *that* is why atheist intolerance makes me so very, very frustrated.
Thank you for making me explain my position, guys. I've thought about it a bit more now. :)- Anonymous19 February 2009 at 12:09
Okay, PR, but you're a bit to smart for your own good if you ask me.
I wonder if I put my mind to it whether I could actually beat you in a battle of wits? I can be quite formidable myself. Hmm. If not in wit then surely I could best you at arm wrestling?
Oh yes!
:) Laurie: You advocate skepticism, and yet you also say it upsets you when atheists "start attacking other [sic] faiths". However, it's a pretty standard activity for a skeptic to argue against positions with which they disagree. I don't think it's an act of "intolerance" to criticise a faith; after all, for a public forum to be intellectually honest and stimulating, it is necessary not only that ideas are proposed, but also that they can be argued against. It's one thing to respect a person's right to hold a belief, and another thing entirely to unquestioningly respect the belief itself, and I'd argue that in a polite society, only one of those is necessary.
I suppose it comes down to what, precisely, you mean by "attack" - if you can provide an example of someone being genuinely intolerant towards people of faith, then that's obviously not on. Which brings me to my second point. "Atheist intolerance" is a pretty strong claim; can you provide some examples of it? I expect there is some of it out there, but I'd suggest it's in no way common or representative of a majority. Which is why some of what you've been saying has troubled me, because the way you've said it, you've rather been tarring a good deal of us with the same brush, which is a bit unfortunate.Regarding the "Probably no God" campaign: I say again, I'm all in favour. This is true mainly because that phrase is exactly where a skeptic should be: there's probably no God but all the data has not yet been gathered, and until it is the skeptic will hold no firm opinion.
Most atheists, as opposed to people who self-define as agnostic (meaning uninvolved with deity and unsure of its existence) have, in my experience, a very firm view on the issue. There is no god. They will often tell you why, at great length. They frequently remind me of Bible Belt Christians while doing so.
a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated
That's the definition of doctrine that I am familiar with, and it is the one I was using when I stated that atheism not only has, but effectively is, a doctrine. By its nature, however, it can escape becoming a dogma; and like Penny, it annoys me when it is used as one.- Anonymous19 February 2009 at 17:58
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It has been revealed to me by an angelic harbinger that God, the universe and everything are but fleeting fragments of a dream fermented in the febrile sensorium of an intoxicated hypnogogic tree frog, which lives on a barge made out of tea trays, moored on a dun coloured canal which winds its serpentine way from ocean to ocean across the isthmus of a land mass on a large pluvial planet that exists in a parallel world.
I FEEL in my heart that this is the truth and so KNOW that it must be TRUE as a matter of personal faith.
Prove me wrong! - Anonymous5 January 2013 at 06:19
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This is going around the net and on Facebook. I've already had about four people send it to me today. Above is a picture of the writing of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Pretty sloppy. I can't make out any of it.
Thanks be to God for all those pious Dominican understudies who made it legible for us!
In this month of the Holy Souls, let us pray for all the secretaries and assistants of that great Universal Doctor of the Church.
And of course, Saint Thomas Aquinas, pray for us!
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The Gymea lily, deep scarlet and fleshy atop a defiant spear of stem, has the mark of the Australian bush as fetid hothouse. It pierces the sky as it grows upwards, often twice the height of a grown man, it's bloody flowers signaling an ancient and untamed biology. Australian artist Tony Ameneiro has been caught in the spell of this singular plant and produced a body of work that returns to it obsessively only to show it anew and give the viewer a sight of something deeper and more personal.
Ameneiro, who works with an equal facility across oils, drawing and multiple printing methods, has found his subject in the lily just as a painter like Giorgio Morandi found his in simple ceramic pots bowls an vases, the repetition of subject allowing him to concentrate on technique, on how different marks made in different media might offer different potential. It's an intense and true ambition for an artist.
These works take out the extraneous. There are no backgrounds, no foliage, no context just the tightly cropped heads of these alien looking flowers. But the flowers are not the only only heads we see here, as petals can morph into the human. Ameneiro's echoes og human physiology are more than visual tricks and whilst they might be reminiscent of Arcimboldo's renaissance fruit salads their pulse and flow never lets them feel contrived.. Instead what we see is an extended meditation on things that are brief and mortal: flowers and human lives.
'Flowering Head II' has some of the blur of Seurat but none of the gentleness of pointillist space. The petals writhe like a feeding frenzy of blue and red fish and in doing so seem to form something like pumping and bloody guts. Flowers aren't supposed to be this visceral but Ameneiro knows that nature isn't supposed to be polite. That gives him access to a vibrating and messy life force on the paper.
Great printmakers can be taken for granted, they show their art and craft is more than the transposition of drawing to plate. Ameneiro's success as a printmaker isn't purely technical, he also has a strong and decisive line that marks can be seen across media, the tension between this and colour or shade is what gives his lilies life whilst making them anything but 'still'. Here we see that mastery in single colour etchings, stripped back to technique and vision. 'Gymea Lily Head #2' crawls off of the paper in a multitude of greys, spits of burnt petal seem to cling to the surface and whorls of texture make the image look like a solarized photograph, something Man Ray may have pulled from the darkroom in shock.
If Ameneiro's etchings have an earthy mortality his coloured pencil drawings of the same subject are celestial in lightness. These lilies are both dense and weightless. They might have been photographed by the Hubble telescope as they have that delirious colouring, where space dark petals might be enclosing ancient galaxies, and create that same sublime wonder. They do something that touches on a deep romanticism too. These organic wisps of line feel corporeal, almost like James Gleeson's fleshy clouds whilst always remaining botany. In coming close to a surreal portraiture they remind us of our proximity to nature just as they awe us with its complexity and beauty.
Themes of life and death have long been explored through still life painting and through vegetable matter in particular. There is something that seems to be coalescing in so many of Ameneiro's images, it isn't an optical trick rather the feeling that the marks he makes on paper or plate have been wrung and wrestled from a powerful and sentient nature and like nature the images seethe and mutate into and often strange beauty. Tony Ameneiro doesn't make any didactic claims of intent and that adds to the power of these works, simply by looking and making marks he is finds and makes meaning that never sits still. If art is anything it is the ability to allude to something universal and ineffable through something finite and particular, each time Tony Ameneiro creates another flower he is doing just that.


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We're meeting at the Beehive Coffeehouse at E. Carson and 13th St. on the South Side at 6:30PM instead of in Squirrel Hill. Come and meet and walk with Chuck!
On Saturday (April 1st), we will be leafleting and talking Chuck up at the Regent Square Peace Vigil. The vigil is being held on the corner of Forbes and Braddock at noon so we should be there by about 11:30.
The Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Avenue, in downtown Pittsburgh is showing the documentary "Why We Fight." Please join us on Sunday (April 2nd) at 1:30 PM (before the 2:00 showing) to spread the "Chuck" word.


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LBJ Library photos (Additional photos of LBJ on the phone in the Oval Office)
Throughout his presidency, Lyndon Johnson surreptitiously recorded his telephone conversations. President Johnson intended that these recordings would not be open to researchers until 50 years after his death. However, in 1992 Congress passed legislation requiring release of most available information on President Kennedy's assassination. In response, the LBJ Library released President Johnson's phone conversations on this topic. Following the release of the Kennedy-related material in 1993 and 1994, the Library decided that the ban on release of the materials had effectively been broken, and the decision was made to gradually open the remaining materials to scholars and interested members of the public. These recordings provide a rare look behind the scenes of the inner workings of government policy making.
Some of the LBJ White Tape recordings touch on matters related to Social Security, Medicare, or the Social Security Administration and its associated government officials. We endeavor to identify these conversations. The list below identifies some of the conversations that contain Social Security-related content. For each recording, we have listed the participants, and the general topics discussed.
Using this guide, researchers can identify the recording of interest by noting the Tape No. and the Conversation No., then proceed to the Miller Center website where the full recording can be retrieved.
In this brief conversation with Rep. Frank Thompson (D-NJ) Johnson thanks him for his work on the recently passed tax and civil rights bills, and in the next breath, exhorts him to work on passage of Johnson's medical care proposals.
In this conversation with HEW Secretary Anthony Celebrezze, President Johnson complains about press leaks involving his developing poverty and Medicare proposals, and Johnson ends the conversation by suggesting Celebrezze "fire someone" over the issue.
In this conversation with HEW Assistant Secretary Wilbur Cohen, President Johnson takes Cohen to task for news reports that he is considering resigning, both scolding and flattering Cohen at the same time. Cohen assures LBJ that the reports are untrue
At the start of this conversation Johnson outlines his legislative priorities for the year, including Medicare. Most of the conversation is a discussion of the political strategy for pushing the Administration's food stamp proposal.
Conversation 3122 In this conversation with Bill Moyers, Special Assistant to the President, LBJ goes over edits in a typed speech, including one intended to divert possible criticism from the AMA. LBJ discusses strategies for his next meeting with the Attorney General.
Conversation 3125 In this conversation with Bill Moyers, the President if following up on a problem with his Medicare speech that he took up with Moyers earlier in the evening. He is still upset about the error in a statistic on the Medicare speech. They mention Wilbur Cohen, the Administration's expert on Medicare as Moyers tries to find someone with the right answer. The President expresses some frustration with Moyers over his continued inability to straighten out the matter of this errant statistic. (Mention is made at the start of the call to the pending Civil Rights bill and to House Agriculture Chairman Harold Cooley of North Carolina.
Larry O'Brien, Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, recounts his conversation with Wilbur Mills about the status and legislative developments on the President's Medicare proposals. O'Brien was concerned about stories in the press which reported that the Ways and Means Committee was considering changes the Administration did not know about. Mills assured O'Brien that this was not the case. O'Brien and the President then go on to a long discussion of political strategy and possible policies for a Medicare program.
Rep. Wilbur Mills (D-AK), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, talks with the President about pending tax legislation and expresses concern about Social Security tax rate increases in current law scheduled to take effect in 1967 and 1968. Mills wants to delay at least part of these increases until the 1970s to lessen the political and economic impact.
Conversation 3686-3687 with Larry O'Brien and Rep. Wilbur Mills (D-AK) provides the president an update on a number of bills, including excise taxes, social security, debt ceiling, assistance for widows, and Medicare. The President then has an extended discussion about his poll numbers. He is particularly concerned about his weak poll numbers for "more help for older people." Mills and Johnson then have a discussion regarding political strategy on Social Security.
Conversation 3690 with Earle Clements who updates the President on the status of support for pending legislation, including Medicare. The talk about the prospects of the King-Anderson proposal in the Senate, which was the early form the Medicare legislation took, and about the strategy of trying to add Medicare to a Senate bill.
Larry O'Brien provides a very pessimistic assessment of the prospects for the Medicare legislation. O'Brien reports on a discouraging conversation between Wilbur Cohen and Anthony Celebrezze and Wilbur Mills. Mills says that he sees little hope of passing a Medicare proposal through his Committee. He suggests the Administration may want to consider abandoning Medicare for now and settling for a general Social Security bill; or at best, try attaching Medicare as a rider to a general Social Security bill in the Senate. The Ways & Means Committee was scheduled to vote on the proposal the next day and Mills indicated that if it came to a vote, the Administration's proposal would be defeated.
In this conversation Johnson aid Larry O'Brien briefs LBJ on the status of various legislative initiatives, including his meeting with Congressional leaders on the Medicare bill.
Senator George Smathers (D-FL) has a long discussion with Johnson about Latin American policy issues. Johnson then lobbies Smathers about votes in the Florida delegation for his poverty proposals. The two former Senate colleagues also talk about the 1964 election campaign, and issues involving HEW enforcement of school desegregation laws. Finally, the talk turns to the legislative strategy for Johnson's Social Security and Medicare proposals in the Senate. Smathers and Johnson also have a candid discussion about Social Security and Medicare in a larger political context and as related to tactics in the 1964 election.
Clinton Anderson (D., N. Mex.) informs the President about the upcoming need for an appointee to head up planning for the future of Alaska. LBJ and Anderson also discuss the King-Anderson bill and Senator Ribicoff's proposal. Anderson also signals his support of Humphrey as a Vice-Presidential candidate.
Conversation 4677 Senator Smathers (D-FL) tells the President that he has gotten Senators Gore and Ribicoff to agree on the strategy to offer the King-Anderson bill on the floor.
Conversation 4679 Because of a full schedule precipitated by the escalating war in Vietnam, the President asks Myer Feldman, Deputy Special Counsel to the President, to join him and take over a meeting with ranking Negro doctors and seek their support for Medicare.
In this conversation, the President tells Walter Reuther, President, United Auto Workers, that this is the greatest Congress ever. LBJ states that 32 or 33 of his bills have passed, with an outside chance for Medicare. The President states that he would rather lose the SSA bill than lose the future of Medicare.
LBJ and O'Brien discuss the strategy passing Medicare. The plan is to get the King-Anderson bill passed in the Senate and then tradeoff on the Ribicoff bill once the legislation goes to Conference.
Conversations 4942 & 4943 Larry O'Brien tells LBJ that Senator Abraham Ribicoff (D-CN) leaked details of a confidential meeting of the Senate leadership the day on Medicare O'Brien and LBJ also discuss the status of legislation on Appalachia, reapportionment, and the Mansfield-Dirksen amendment.
Mike Mansfield, Senate Majority Leader, (D-MT) informs LBJ that work on the report on Social Security is going to be delayed until after the Senate's recess. Mansfield and LBJ also talk about LBJ's finances and the President's release of his financial statement.
Conversations 5414 Senator Al Gore, Sr. (D-TN) tells LBJ about his call from Tommy Kuchel (Senator, R, Ca.) on the Javits (Senator, R. NY) amendment to the Medicare bill. Gore questions LBJ about his support for the amendment. Gore states that that he will call Clint about Kuchel's call and work out a compromise with Mike Feldman and Wilbur Cohen.
Conversations 5416 In this conversation, Mike Mansfield tells LBJ that at best there are 51 votes for Medicare and asks LBJ to call Carl Hayden (Senator, D., Ariz.) in an attempt to get his support. LBJ and Mansfield also discuss a developing FBI investigation.
Conversations 5417 LBJ updates O'Brien on his calls with Gore and Mansfield about the close vote on Medicare, including Mansfield's request that the President call Senator Hayden. O'Brien reports that the meeting with the New York county chairman went very well.
Conversations 5419 LBJ reads news articles, describing supporting for him in the upcoming Presidential election to Senator Hayden. He tells Hayden that the vote is close on Medicare and asks Hayden to wait and vote, if his vote is needed to pass the bill. He tells Hayden that Medicare is needed in order to get the older people's support in the upcoming election.
Conversations 5424 Lee White, Associate Counsel to the President, tells the President about an unidentified person who credits his election win with his Medicare vote.
Conversations 5426 Myer Feldman, Deputy Special Counsel to the President, tells LBJ that there is a tie vote on Medicare and asks him to contact either Jordan or Monroney. LBJ instructs Feldman to check with Humphrey. Humphrey has just told the President that he does not need help with the vote.
Conversations 5429 Alex Rose congratulates LBJ on his becoming the official party nominee. He predicts that LBJ will win by a larger margin in New York than Bobby Kennedy will in his Senate race. LBJ tells Rose that the win on Medicare in the Senate was 49 - 44 and expresses the need to get Wilbur Mill's acceptance of it in Conference.
Conversations 5430 In this conversation with Senator B. Everett Jordan (D-NC) Chairman, Senate Rules Committee, LBJ expresses his appreciation for Senator Jordan's role in getting the vote for the Medicare legislation. The Senator and LBJ also discuss the FBI investigation of Reynolds.
Conversations 5444 At Myer Feldman's request, LBJ spells out key points about Medicare bill for an upcoming story by Joe Krebs, including that it is for all Americans, was developed by a majority viewpoint, and has made its most progress in 15 years.
In this conversation, Carl Albert (House Majority Leader) and John McCormack (Speaker of the House) discuss their strategy with LBJ for how to appeal to Wilbur Mills to support the Medicare bill. Mills has asked for their vote against the bill, as Mills believes he has enough votes to defeat it either way in Conference.
LBJ updates O'Brien on his conversation with Albert and McCormack (conversation 5445). LBJ asks O'Brien to talk to Wilbur Mills to agree to take on the Ribicoff amendment in conference. If that fails, O'Brien will talk to the conferees.
Conversations 5469 Congressman Carl Albert (D-OK), House Majority Leader, and LBJ discuss the Medicare bill.
Conversations 5470 Albert has learned that the Republicans will object to the bill going to Conference. LBJ informs him that Wilbur Mills will not help on this bill. Albert tells LBJ that he will carry both Oklahoma and Texas in the upcoming Presidential election.
Conversations 5474 O'Brien reports to LBJ that the Republicans will not have unanimous consent on the Social Security bill and the bill will go to the rules Committee. LBJ asks O'Brien to meet with labor leaders to see what can be done to promote Medicare across the country. LBJ also goes over Gallup poll results with O'Brien that show increasing support for LBJ's reelection.
Walter Reuther and LBJ discuss the Michigan delegation, the Democratic convention, Goldwater, the UAW strike, and LBJ's upcoming Labor Day speech. In the speech, LBJ plans to express his support for Medicare.
Larry O'Brien informs LBJ that his speech got the best reception he's heard in years, with no real problems.
Conversations 5673 In this conversation, Senator Smathers tells LBJ that he was in Conference briefly but did not come away with the impression that things had broken up. LBJ has heard otherwise and Smathers agrees to quietly find out for what occurred for the President.
Conversations 5677 Senator Russell Long (D-LA) informs LBJ that Wilbur Mills has not acted on Medicare. Long believes that Mills will divorce Medicare from Social Security. Long and LBJ discuss ways to keep the Medicare issue alive.
Conversations 5682 In this conversation, Rep. Hale Boggs, House Majority Whip (D-LA) tells LBJ that Wilbur Mills is acting to get out of Medicare, by bypassing the Rules Committee.
Conversations 5683 Senator Smathers tells LBJ that he has been out raising funds in Florida and to contact Clint for details about the status of the Medicare bill. Smathers informs LBJ that it looks worse and recommends letting it wind down.
Conversations 5688 Senator Clinton Anderson informs LBJ that they were unable to get Medicare passed, following Wilbur Mills' opposition to tying Social Security with Medicare. Anderson recommends dropping the entire thing, going out and campaigning for voter support, and then bringing up Medicare again.
Conversations 5802 In this conversation, LBJ and Hubert Humphrey discuss the Presidential campaign. LBJ updates Humphrey on the status of Medicare. In spite of LBJ's efforts, Congress has recessed and the bill is dead. LBJ is uncertain whether Medicare will pass in the next Congress.
Conversations 5804 Senator Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) and LBJ discuss the status of the Medicare bill and support for LBJ's election. Gore tells the President that there was no agreement on the Medicare bill. He believes that, with the elections, LBJ will get a mandate on the issue from the people and will be assure a strong health care bill next year. LBJ and Gore also discuss recent press activities related to the election.
Conversations 5805 LBJ tells Wilson not to oppose the move to adjourn Congress and updates Wilson on his talk with Gore.
Conversations 5806 Congressman Carl Albert (D-OK) tells LBJ about the growing support for adjournment. LBJ concedes that Medicare will not be passed, and talks to Albert about getting support for an appropriation for an Appalachian Regional Commission.
Henry Wilson updates LBJ on the Veterans Bill. LBJ notes that the House is ready to adjourn. The President and Wilson agree that the best course of action is to make sure that the Social Security bill does not come up. Wilson reports that Senator Morse will be making a statement on Social Security.
In this post-election call Congressman Hale Boggs tells Johnson he wants to co-sponsor the Administration's Medicare proposal in the next session of Congress.
In this long and wide-ranging conversation, Senator Mike Monroney (D-OK) discusses many matters with the President, including his desire to succeed Hubert Humphrey as Democratic Whip in the Senate. He also mentions his role in supporting the Administration's Medicare program in Oklahoma and how difficult this in for him politically.
In this call, Dr. Benjamin Spock is thanked by the President for his public statements in support of the Johnson election effort. Spock then informs the President that he will be appearing on television that weekend speaking in support of Medicare.
In this call, House Majority Leader Carl Albert (D-OK) briefs Johnson on the status of various legislative matters, including vacancies on the Ways & Means Committee and the potential impacts on the prospects for the Administration's Medicare bill.
Senator Russell Long (D-LA) called the President to lobby him against closing military bases in Louisiana. As part of his effort, Long reminds the President of his past support on Social Security and Medicare votes. The President calls Defense Undersecretary Cyrus Vance and confirms that the base in question is not on the list to be closed. He then calls Senator Long back to reassure him that he has nothing to worry about.
One of Administration's main constituents in the political fight for Medicare was the labor movement. President Johnson rarely missed an opportunity to at least mention support for Medicare in any conversation he had with a labor leader, such as this conversation with UAW President Walter Reuther.
Note: Recordings are in two formats: RealAudio (RA); Microsoft's Windows Media Player (WMP)
In this phone call Senator Edward Kennedy is sounding out the President regarding the timing of the Senator's regional economic development proposals. A key piece of the President's legislative package is an economic development proposal for the Appalachian area. Kennedy wants to extend this idea to the New England area and is consulting with LBJ about this. Johnson wants Kennedy to refrain from pushing other development projects until the Appalachian bill is passed, for fear that the specter of growing expenditures will cause opposition to the Appalachian bill. In trying to dissuade Senator Kennedy from going ahead, Johnson uses the example of the budget projections for his health care plan as illustrating how this may create a problem.
In this conversation with Vice President Hubert Humphrey the President discusses a wide range of political concerns, including the importance of Mr. Humphrey's role as the Administration's liaison with the Congress. There is a lot of discussion about the role of the V.P., both historically and in the Johnson Administration. In passing, LBJ mentions the Administration's legislative agenda, including Medicare, and makes clear to the Vice President that Medicare will be among the handful of initiatives on which the Administration will be judged.
In this conversation with Don Cook, the President discusses the potential appointment of Crawford Greenwalt as Secretary of the Treasury, following the resignation of Douglas Dillion. LBJ mentions Mr. Greenwalt's conservative attitudes toward Social Security as a key obstacle to his nomination. Johnson discusses other possible nominees, including Mr. Cook himself. (Mr. Cook's comments are mostly inaudible, and the recording ends abruptly before the completion of the call.)
In this conversation with press aid, Bill Moyers, the President discusses plans for an upcoming press conference. He also explains to Moyers his philosophy on a pending proposal to increase Social Security benefits and why this increase should be made retroactive. LBJ also reflects at length on his general political philosophy on Social Security, health care and poverty programs, especially in the context of budgetary considerations.
In this conversation with key House of Representatives Democratic leaders, and with HEW official Wilbur Cohen, the discussion focuses on the Administration's Medicare proposal. The House Ways and Means Committee had just voted 17-8 to pass a revised Medicare plan, which had been negotiated with Cohen representing the Administration. Cohen reports in detail on the key features of the final proposal. This call is the first report to the President on the results of the negotiations which positioned Medicare for eventual passage. The failure of the Administration to pass Medicare in 1964 was due to the lack of support from key Congressional committees--especially the House Ways and Means Committee. The features of a program acceptable to key Congressional leaders has been successfully negotiated as the President is learning in this phone call. The President indicates his general agreement with the approach, and discusses the political tactics needed to move the bill, as well as the budget impacts of the proposal. This is an important conversation about the development of Medicare!
This is a follow-on conversation to the previous discussion. In this discussion, the President and Wilbur Cohen discuss the timing and other tactical considerations involved in moving the Medicare legislation. The President is especially concerned about publicizing the new compromise proposal and directs Wilbur Cohen to draft a statement for the President's release.
In this conversation with AFL-CIO president George Meany, the President solicits the help of organized labor in passing his Medicare proposal. The President emphasizes to Mr. Meany that Medicare and his other proposals are in the interests of working people. There is extended discussion of lobbying tactics on Capitol Hill.
In this conversation with his legislative director, Larry O'Brien, President Johnson discusses legislative strategy and how to move his agenda through Congress. The President tells O'Brien to tell members of Congress that if they support his Medicare and education proposals their grandchildren will be able to say "my grandpa was in the Congress that enacted these two . . . so it makes them proud. . ."
This is a conversation with Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-MT). Johnson called Mansfield to solicit his views on a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues. Near the end of the conversation Johnson asks Mansfield for a status report on legislative actions in the Senate. Mansfield tells Johnson the status of the Administration's Medicare bill, and also mentions some efforts by Senator Russell Long (D-LA) to pass his alternative medical care plans.
In this conversation with Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, Johnson is discussing two upcoming appointments he plans to announce. The first is his plan to nominate Thurgood Marshall as the Solicitor General. The second is the move of Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Anthony Celebrezze, out of his cabinet position by appointing him a Circuit Court judge. John Gardner would replace Celebrezze and in 1968 Johnson would elevate Wilbur Cohen to the position. Cohen had been elevated to the number two position at HEW three months before (see Conversation #7308).
Johnson discusses a number of matters with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, including the upcoming vacancies in the U. N. Ambassador's job and the Secretary of the Department of HEW. Johnson praises Celebrezze and they discuss John Gardner and James Perkins as possible selections for the HEW job.
In this call Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) asks LBJ to support an amendment he wants to add to the Administration's Medicare bill. Byrd wants to lower the early retirement age from 62 to 60. He tells Johnson that the Social Security Trust Fund can easily afford this liberalization in benefits. Johnson is non-committal and tells Byrd to discuss the idea with his Capitol Hill liaison, Larry O'Brien, and have O'Brien talk to Wilbur Cohen about the merits of the idea. (The sound quality is poor and Byrd is almost inaudible on the recording. The recording starts with Byrd speaking.)
In this courtesy call to former President Truman, President Johnson is hinting to Truman that he will be coming to Independence in the next week or so to see him. Johnson is planning an elaborate signing ceremony at the Truman Presidential Library for the just-passed Medicare bill. Interestingly, he does not tell Truman why he wants to come see him. (This recording is also interesting because at the beginning we hear the switchboard operator and an unidentified person talk about recording the conversation. Since President Johnson's White House tapes were being recorded secretly, he would often signal the switchboard operator beforehand when he wanted her to start the taping machine to record a conversation. This signaling is not usually caught on the tapes.)


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Research shows converting land to agriculture reduces carbon uptake
Feb. 5, 2014 - University of Montana researchers examined the impact that converting natural land to cropland has on global vegetation growth, as measured by satellite-derived net primary production, or NPP. They found that measures of terrestrial vegetation growth actually decrease with agricultural conversion, which has important implications for terrestrial carbon storage.
Postdoctoral researcher Bill Smith and UM faculty members Steve Running and Cory Cleveland, along with a former UM postdoctoral researcher and current USGS scientist Sasha Reed, used estimates of agricultural NPP and satellite-derived estimates of natural NPP to evaluate the impact of expanding agricultural land to meet needs for food and fiber. Terrestrial NPP represents the total annual growth of vegetation on the land, which is a critical factor that helps determine how much carbon can be absorbed and stored from the atmosphere.
Their results show that agricultural conversion has reduced that productivity by approximately 7 percent. A small percentage of intensively managed, irrigated or fertilized agricultural land shows an increase in productivity. However, productivity is reduced in 88 percent of agricultural lands globally, with the largest reductions in former tropical forests and savannas.
"Current forecasts suggest that global food demand will likely double by 2050," Smith said. "We hope that this research will help to identify strategies that, from a carbon balance perspective, should be avoided due to the potential for severe degradation of global vegetation growth and carbon storage."
The research was published in Geophysical Research Letters and highlighted in the February 2014 issue of Nature Geoscience.
February 6, 2014 By University of Montana


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Hours after a Connecticut community was riven by a deadly gun assault on an elementary school's students and staff, residents reached out to support one another, and to grieve. Churches and public spaces became the settings for vigils, as the shocking murder of 20 children and six adults at the school echoed through Newtown, Conn.
And while many gatherings were based in Newtown, people elsewhere — across the nation, and on social networks — sought ways to mark the tragic event that today became one of the worst episodes of gun violence in U.S. history.
"Evil visited this community today," Gov. Daniel Malloy said at an afternoon news conference. "And it's too early to speak of recovery, but each parent, each sibling, each member of the family has to understand that... we're all in this together. We'll do whatever we can to overcome this event. We will get through it, but this is a terrible time for this community and these families."
In Newtown, the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church held a mass this evening, and planned to stay open all evening for those wanting to pray. Trinity Episcopal Church on the town's Main Street planned a service of prayers and music. Other places of worship also held services and vigils; more were scheduled for Saturday.
"Our hearts are broken today," President Obama said at the White House, "for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children's innocence has been torn away from them too early. And there are no words that will ease their pain."
Reaction to the deadly attack also rippled on Twitter, where users sent messages based around hashtags like #Newtown and #prayfornewtown. They vented their frustrations and sorrow over the senseless killings; they offered their support and prayers to the town's residents; some posted images of their own makeshift memorials to the school's children and teachers.
And despite having sent only 100 tweets, Sandy Hook Principal Dawn Hochsprung drew the admiration and appreciation of many people who clicked through the photos she posted, almost all of them depicting daily life at her school. The images evoke Sandy Hook as a tidy building with happy students — and Hochsprung as being unabashedly proud of its gardening projects and community events such as a book fair and a Veteran's Day celebration.
A candlelight vigil was also held outside the White House, a gathering whose attendees were inspired by grief for the victims of Friday's attack, as well as an urge to call for more powerful gun control measures.
And on the White House's website, a "We the People" public petition was created Friday to call for "legislation that limits access to guns." By 8:40 p.m. ET, the petition had attracted more than 40,000 signatures. Petitions with similar messages also gained support.
The news of Friday's school violence resonated with victims of similar attacks, particularly at Virginia Tech, where 32 people were murdered in 2007, and Columbine High School, where 13 were killed in 1999.
Issuing a statement of support to Newtown's victims and their families, Joe Samaha, president of the Virginia Tech Victims Family Outreach Foundation, said, "we know that their loss is incredible. Helping all to deal with the aftermath will take a lifetime of love and dedication."
As Columbine Principal Frank DeAngelis told Colorado Public Radio, the lives of those in the Sandy Hook community will forever be changed.
"Unfortunately the elementary school in Connecticut now becomes a part of this club, a club that we know is tragedy, heartbreak," said DeAngelis, who began teaching at Columbine in 1979. "And no one wants to be a part of that club, but what we have to do — no one asked us to be a part of it — but now, how do we help each other?"
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The Wayne County Department of Planning very often receives questions from subdivision and land development applicants in regard to the status of their application and how the process, as a whole, will work. Obtaining an approval for a subdivision / land development plan can, at times, be a frustrating process if one does not know what to expect. The more you, the applicant, can learn about the subdivision/land development process prior to submitting an application for approval, the less stressful and frustrating the process will be for you.
The process can, and very often does, involve multiple agencies and participants from both municipal and county government. The involvement of multiple participants takes time since each participant has a valuable role in the process. Having a realistic timeline of the approval process will enable you to have more satisfaction and less disappointment in obtaining approval.
Discuss with your surveyor or planning professional what can be expected prior to the development of a plan in terms of both the time the process will take and the responsibilities both you and your agent will have to take upon yourselves to ensure the process is completed in a timely manner. All surveyors and planning professionals are not equal in regard to the processing of a plan. Some will guide the entire process from start to finish and others may require your involvement to acquire plan approval and eventually record the approved plan. You, the applicant, need to understand the process completely. The responsibilities of everyone involved should be discussed with your agent to ensure the process does not inadvertently become stalled before it is completed. It is equally important that you understand what your agent expects of you as much as it is important that your agent understands what you expect from him or her.
Submission of a Plan
How a subdivision or land development plan is processed depends largely on the municipality in which the proposed action is occurring. In those municipalities that do not have an adopted Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO), an application for subdivision or land development approval will be submitted directly to the Wayne County Planning Department for processing. For a map that illustrates where the Wayne County SALDO is in effect see the Subdivision and Land Development.
For an application in a municipality that has adopted its own SALDO, application is made to the municipality. In these cases, the plan will ultimately be approved or denied by the local municipal governing body. However, the Wayne County Planning Department is still involved in the process. Section 502(b) of the PA Municipalities Planning Code requires municipalities to forward applications to the County for review and be in receipt of a report of that review from the County prior to taking action on the proposed application. Municipalities cannot take action on the application until the report from the County is received or 30 days has lapsed from the date the application was forwarded to the County.
Potential Participants
In addition to the County Planning Department and the governing body of the municipality, other potential participants in the process may include engineers, local municipal Sewage Enforcement Officers (SEO) and municipal solicitors, depending on the complexity of the submitted application. Once again, the subdivision and land development process will take time, so try to be realistic about the process. Remember to discuss the process with your prospective agent prior to initiating development of a plan for approval so you understand what is involved and what is to be expected. In addition, the Wayne County Planning Department staff is available to answer any questions that you may have in regard to the subdivision and/or land development process. In closing, the flow chart below illustrates how a Minor Subdivision that is administered by the local municipality is processed.


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Jay Williams, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religion emeritus, recently published Thomas Nast, America's Greatest Political Cartoonist. Published by Edwin Mellen Press, the book details how Nast's many illustrations and cartoons relate to and illuminate American history.
According to the publisher, "Williams presents Nast's work in such a way as to bring together politics, religion, and culture in the images themselves. While popularizing these images, Nast also sanctified them. And in the tension between the two realms, Nast's work lives on."
Thomas Nast is well known for his depiction of Santa Claus and political icons including the Democratic donkey, the Republican elephant and Uncle Sam. His cartoons, mostly political in nature, appeared in Harper's Weekly from the 1860s to the 1880s.
Williams has collected original Nast prints for many years. Selections from his extensive collection have been exhibited in shows throughout the Northeast as well as on campus.


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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a type of movement disorder. It happens when nerve cells in the brain don't produce enough of a brain chemical called dopamine. Sometimes it is genetic, but most cases do not seem to run in families. Exposure to chemicals in the environment might play a role.
Symptoms begin gradually, often on one side of the body. Later they affect both sides. They include:
As symptoms get worse, people with the disease may have trouble walking, talking, or doing simple tasks. They may also have problems such as depression, sleep problems, or trouble chewing, swallowing, or speaking.
There is no specific test for PD, so it can be difficult to diagnose. Doctors use a medical history and a neurological examination to diagnose it.
PD usually begins around age 60, but it can start earlier. It is more common in men than in women. There is no cure for PD. A variety of medicines sometimes help symptoms dramatically. Surgery and deep brain stimulation (DBS) can help severe cases. With DBS, electrodes are surgically implanted in the brain. They send electrical pulses to stimulate the parts of the brain that control movement.
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CIA chief spilled secrets to filmmakers: report
A Pentagon investigation has found ex-CIA director Leon Panetta spilled some secret details to a Hollywood screenwriter behind the film Zero Dark Thirty, a watchdog group says.
The findings of the Pentagon's inspector general are contained in a draft report that has not been publicly released but was obtained by the independent watchdog group, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO).
The probe throws a potentially embarrassing light on President Barack Obama's administration, suggesting the White House was keen to help filmmakers tell a flattering story even as it aggressively investigated government officials and journalists over possible leaks of sensitive information.
The Pentagon inspector general's report appears to have been completed months ago but the release has been repeatedly delayed, raising concerns the timing has been subject to political considerations, POGO said, quoting an unnamed official inside the inspector general's office.
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The event was attended by a "Hollywood executive" and screenwriter Mark Boal, who was working on the movie Zero Dark Thirty, which recounts the Bin Laden manhunt, it said.
"During this awards ceremony, Director Panetta specifically recognised the unit that conducted the raid and identified the ground commander by name," the draft inspector general report said.
"According to the DoD (Department of Defense) Office of Security Review, the individual's name is protected from public release - under federal law."
Panetta worked as CIA director from 2009 to mid-2011 and then as defence secretary until stepping down in February this year.
The Pentagon declined to comment on the POGO article.
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Farm bill promises relief for dairy businesses
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After years of wrangling, delays and setbacks, Congress appears to be on the precipice of completing a new farm bill, which Addison County dairy farmers say will protect their thin profit margins.
"Thanks to our Congressional delegation, particularly Sen. Leahy, we managed to get something that wasn't a disaster for dairy," said Bob Foster of Foster Brothers Farm in Middlebury. "It's not all that we would have liked, but it's better than we have now."
The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to adopt a bill that came out of the farm bill conference committee. The legislation now heads to the Senate, which could approve the bill this week.
Vermont's lone member of the U.S. House, Democrat Peter Welch, cast his vote in favor of the measure, which passed 251-166. The vote was a bipartisan one — members who voted "no" included conservative Republicans who believed the bill did not cut enough funding from the federal food stamp program, and liberal Democrats who felt it cut too much.
Shortly before the vote was ordered, Welch spoke from the floor of the chamber and urged his colleagues to vote for the bill.
"A five-year farm bill is absolutely crucial to America, and it is crucial to Vermont dairy farmers," Welch said. "With its faults and imperfections, America does need a new farm bill."
The farm bill sets the nation's food and nutrition policy. First created by Congress in 1933, the farm bill is traditionally passed every five years. Its most recent incarnation, known as the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, was set to expire at the end of 2012. Congress extended the legislation through September of 2013, but allowed it to expire this past Sept. 30.
The new bill, which is 959 pages long, costs $956 billion — about 80 percent of which funds the nation's food assistance and nutrition programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Women, Infants and Children program.
About $45 billion would fund commodity programs, such as the new dairy program that Vermont farmers had long sought.
The conference committee, a bipartisan group selected from both chambers tasked with reconciling the House and Senate versions of the farm bill, left out some aspects of earlier legislation.
The Dairy Security Act, a proposed dairy program that was supported by all three members of the Vermont delegation, would have created a market stabilization program, and also a margin protection program that would have paid farmers when the price of feed rose close to the price farmers were paid for milk.
Despite having been approved by the House and Senate agriculture committees last year, the conference committee cut them from the ultimate farm bill.
When the possibility arose that the farm bill would clear the committee without a new dairy program, committee member Leahy threatened to withdraw his support for the legislation. He was able to negotiate a compromise to create the Dairy Margin Protection Program, which retains much of the language of the Dairy Security Act. It replaces the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC), which expired with the old farm bill in September.
For farmers in Vermont and across the country, the new bill could not come fast enough. It has now been nearly 500 days since the 2008 farm bill originally expired.
Addison County dairy farmers welcomed the new legislation. Jon Rooney of Monument Farms in Weybridge on Thursday was still navigating the mammoth bill, but said he has been pleased with what he has seen.
"It is encouraging," Rooney said. "There needs to be some rules to operate under — rules from the USDA and standards for the USDA to follow."
Rooney said he was grateful that Vermont's members of Congress have advocated for the interests of small dairies, as large, well-funded food processors have fought them every step of the way.
"There are a lot of very powerful forces at play, with the processor associations like the International Dairy Foods Association in particular," Rooney said. "The IDFA has lobbied very hard against the price stabilization program — my feeling is that it's the processors that benefit from the cyclical rises and falls in prices.
According to the Senate's lobbying disclosure database, the IDFA has spent $5.6 million lobbying on the farm bill and related legislation since 2011.
Foster said the new dairy program wasn't the best-case outcome, but is better than no program at all.
"It's better than what we looked at when (Speaker John) Boehner said the Dairy Security Act was dead," Foster said. "In that case it would have been a real disaster."
What is perhaps most important about the new bill is that it provides long-term policy for farmers and the Department of Agriculture to navigate. This, in turn, gives farmers the ability to make educated business decisions without the uncertainty around farm policy that has plagued the industry for two years.
Foster said he is more confident about the future of his farm and for dairies across the state.
"Our planning horizon is fairly long in dairy," Foster said. "When you build your herd, you're raising replacements and the planning takes a long time."
Foster lauded the bill for giving farmers a framework of programs to work with.
"What was included in the final bill is quite acceptable," Foster said. "This does provide a safety net, and gives us something to work around."
For the past year, the price of milk has remained steady — a blessing in a volatile market in which a decrease in demand of 5 percent could send the price farmers get paid for their milk plummeting by half. Currently, the wholesale price per hundredweight is about $22.
Foster said he believes this new safety net will prevent a catastrophic collapse of the dairy industry like in 2009, when milk prices fell to the floor and forced many dairy farms out of business.
Rooney said despite that he has come to expect that no matter what government structure may be in place, the price of milk will fluctuate.
"I have a hard time picturing losing the cyclical nature of price rises and falls," Rooney said. "I don't know that they're avoidable to some extent."
Rooney noted the U.S. has increased its milk production over the last year, which has been absorbed by a corresponding increase in exports. Should that foreign demand fall off, he cautioned, milk prices could tumble.
Still, both Rooney and Foster expressed optimism for the new legislation, and said they were grateful for the work of Leahy, Welch and Sen. Bernie Sanders, the third Vermonter in Congress.
"I'm absolutely satisfied with the Vermont delegation," Rooney said.
The Senate is scheduled to take up the bill Monday, with passage expected in the coming days.
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text: Ron began instructing in light aircraft in 1962 and did so for 2 years. During that same period of time, he flew as co-pilot on a C-45 and a DC-3 for Indiana University. After graduating from Indiana University School of Business in 1964, he entered the United States Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant. He received his primary flight school training at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas. After graduation from flight school Ron was assigned to the Military Air Transport Service flying C-130E aircraft to virtually every continent in the world. In November, 1966, Ron was assigned to South Viet Nam to fly the C-7 Caribou supporting the Marine Corps and the Army Special Forces. He was based in Danang located in the I Corps area of Viet Nam. For most of his flying time, he flew in the area around the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in support of Army Special Forces units and the Marine Corps. The missions were varied and included medevac, resupply, and troop transport. He flew for a total of 12 months in Viet Nam. Two of those months, he instructed new arrivals on procedures used while flying within South Viet Nam. During the 1 year of service in Viet Nam, the Air Force awarded Ron the Distinguished Flying Cross and 2 Air Medals. He then returned to the United States in November, 1967 to Sewart AFB, Tennessee to instruct in the C-7. Ron held the rank of Captain prior to his honorable discharge from the Air Force in 1969. During his tour of duty in Tennessee, Ron obtained his glider rating in sailplanes. In June, 1969, Delta Air Lines hired him as a pilot. He moved to Chicago, Illinois to fly the Convair 880 and the DC-9. During his stay in Chicago he purchased his first airplane -a J-3 Cub that he still owns today. In 1974, Ron moved to Griffin, Georgia to live on a community airstrip. He then began flying out of Deltas Atlanta base on the DC-9. During 1976, Ron began restoring antique airplanes. He has restored a Taylorcraft, J-3 Cub, and 2 Stearmans. In 1978, he completed the rebuild of a PT17 Stearman that won best PT at the annual Galesburg, Illinois National Stearman Fly-In. Rons airline career continued with his flying the DC-9, Boeing 727, and Lockheed 1011 as a co-pilot. In 1983 Ron became a Captain on the DC-9. In 1986, he became a flight instructor and check pilot on the Boeing 737. He remained in that position for 6 years and then started flying Captain on the Boeing 767. During the period of time from 1999 through 2004 Ron served as Chief Pilot on the Delta Air Lines DC-3. This DC-3 was restored by Delta and flown throughout the country. Ron flew it on a number of trips in addition to training other pilots. He retired from Delta in 2002 with 34 years of service. Ron continues to remain active with light airplanes. He owns a J-3, a C-3B Stearman, a DC-3, a Waco YMF-5, and a Stearman Cloudboy 6L. He has flown over 24,000 hours. Ron founded Alexander Aeroplane Company in 1979. This company became a major supplier of materials to aircraft builders and restorers. In 1992, Ron developed a series of hands-on workshop programs designed to instruct people in aircraft building and restoration skills. Ron held the first workshop in January, 1993, naming it the SportAir Workshops. He operated the company until January, 1996 when Aircraft Spruce and Specialty, a California based company, purchased it. In 1992, Ron purchased a DC-3 that he restored with the help of employees from Alexander Aeroplane Company. This airplane has been used for promotional purposes for many years and remains active today. In 1992, Ron purchased Stits Poly-Fiber, Inc. a company that manufactures the Poly-Fiber covering process. He was President of that company for many years with its headquarters located in Riverside, California. Ron sold his share in this company in 2002. During 1999, Ron sold the nationally known SportAir Workshop business to the EAA. The EAA named Ron as the Director of the program for a 3 year transition period. Ron spent several years working with EAA to further develop the educational aspects of sport aviation. The program remains in operation today as the EAA/SportAir Workshop Program. Thousands of people have been trained in various aircraft related building skills throughout the years. The workshop program has been presented throughout the United States. From 2001 through 2005 Ron was a regular contributor to Sport Aviation magazine writing technical articles for amateur aircraft builders and antique restorers. Ron also published a book on spray painting that is sold through the EAA. He also has written articles for Kitplane Magazine. In 2003, Ron started Atlanta Aerospace Composites. The company began by doing composite repair work on general aviation aircraft. Since its beginning, the company has expanded into other areas. In June, 2004, Atlanta Aerospace Composites received a FAR Part 145 repair station certificate. The company then began to work with MESA Airlines doing repair work on the ERJ 145 fleet. By focusing on radome repair work for regional airlines and corporate aircraft, this company has expanded into a multimillion dollar entity. The company employs over 30 people. During 2003, Ron purchased Accessory Overhaul Group a FAA Part 145 accessory overhaul facility specializing in overhaul of brakes, generators, wheels, etc. This company employs over 50 people with locations in Griffin, Georgia and Phoenix, Arizona. This company was sold in December, 2011. March, 2004, Ron founded the CandlerFieldMuseum,a501c3organization. He centered the creation of the museum on the history of the old Atlanta, GA Airport that was originally named Candler Field. This museum is currently being expanded and developed at the Peach State Aerodrome located near Williamson, Georgia. This is a major museum project that will ultimately involve the construction of seven hangar buildings to replicate the ones that were located on Candler Field in the early 1930s. The first hangar, replicating the American Airways hangar, is now completed and museum aircraft and memorabilia are being display. The second hangar, a replica of the Doug Davis Hangar, is under construction. Ron is actively involved as the Director of this museum. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Candler Field Flying Club, a club focusing on teaching young people how to fly. Adjacent to the museum and Aerodrome is a 29 lot airpark development. Ron developed this airpark in the fall of 2006. Sale of the lots began in January, 2007. Ron is also co-owner of Barnstormers Grill, a quality restaurant located at the Candler Field Museum. This business employs 25 people. Ron is a regular speaker at numerous aviation related functions including AirVenture, Sun N Fun, numerous EAA Chapters and civic groups. He has been responsible for several Theater in the Woods programs and presentations at AirVenture. He actively flies a number of antique aircraft including the DC-3 that is regularly flown to aviation events. Ron is also a member of the Griffin Spalding County Airport Aviation Authority. |


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For human rights and democracy Nobel committee statement on Shirin Ebadi
October 10, 2003 The Iranian
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2003 to Shirin Ebadi for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children.
As a lawyer, judge, lecturer, writer and activist, she has spoken out clearly and strongly in her country, Iran, and far beyond its borders. She has stood up as a sound professional, a courageous person, and has never heeded the threats to her own safety.
Her principal arena is the struggle for basic human rights, and no society deserves to be labelled civilized unless the rights of women and children are respected. In an era of violence, she has consistently supported non-violence.
It is fundamental to her view that the supreme political power in a community must be built on democratic elections. She favours enlightenment and dialogue as the best path to changing attitudes and resolving conflict.
Ebadi is a conscious Moslem. She sees no conflict between Islam and fundamental human rights. It is important to her that the dialogue between the different cultures and religions of the world should take as its point of departure their shared values.
It is a pleasure for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the Peace Prize to a woman who is part of the Moslem world, and of whom that world can be proud - along with all who fight for human rights wherever they live.
During recent decades, democracy and human rights have advanced in various parts of the world. By its awards of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has attempted to speed up this process.
We hope that the people of Iran will feel joyous that for the first time in history one of their citizens has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and we hope the Prize will be an inspiration for all those who struggle for human rights and democracy in her country, in the Moslem world, and in all countries where the fight for human rights needs inspiration and support.
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Met may be a promising1 personalized treatment method for approximately 45 percent of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC肝细胞癌) who have c-Met-positive tumors, according to study results presented at the Fourth AACR International Conference on Molecular3 Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutic4 Development. HCC is the most common primary malignant5(恶性的,有害的) tumor2 of the liver; c-Met is a receptor for hepatocyte(肝细胞) growth factor that appears to drive liver cancer growth, invasion and metastasis(转移,新陈代谢) . "Current therapies for HCC patients are ' one size fits all(一刀切,一体适用) .' We propose that molecular profiling will enable better therapy for HCC patients with a c-Met positive tumor," said Hanning You, M.D., Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow working in the laboratory of C. Bart Rountree, M.D., in the departments of pediatrics(小儿科) and pharmacology(药物学) , at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa. Using a preclinical translational study to validate6 c-Met as a target for HCC, You and colleagues found c-Met was highly overexpressed in metastatic(转移性的) liver cancer cells. "By targeting c-Met we were able to suppress tumor growth in vivo(在活体内) and kill these metastatic liver cancer cells," said You. Since c-Met inhibitor stopped proliferation and tumor growth of metastatic HCC cells, the researchers concluded that c-Met might be a potential personalized target of metastatic HCC. In addition, they found that results of a separate meta-analysis of six studies and 1,051 patients showed that c-Met activation7 is associated with poor prognosis in HCC. 点击收听单词发音
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according to a report published Monday. ComScore reported that Google's share of smartphone subscribers rose to 9%, compared to 3.8% at the end of November. Meanwhile Apple's share fell 0.1 points to 25.4%, while Microsoft's share fell 4 points to 15.1%.
via Google's share of mobile market grows: report – MarketWatch.
Seems Google's gain is Microsoft's loss.
BlackBerry, saw its share rise 1.3 points to 42.1%, according to the data. The number of owners of smartphones rose 21% in the U.S. in the three months ended in February compared to the prior period.


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9 Lovely Plants for Beautiful Indoor Foliage
Indoor plants are a great way to freshen up your house. They add softer and natural touch to your home interior. However, selecting the right indoor plants for your home interior is a bit difficult especially when you do not have a green thumb. This post lists some lovely indoor plants that produce beautiful foliage and can be grown in most indoor conditions.
Ficus lyrata / Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree
The first plant in the list is Ficus lyrata or Fiddle Leaf Fig tree. I would highly recommend this plant if you are looking for a fresh, bold and a modern look to your home interior. With its prominent and lush green leaves, Ficus lyrata makes a nice foliage plant. Ficus lyrata likes a well-lit spot (preferably near a window) and slightly moist soil. It is not a demanding plant.
Ficus lyrata has a vigorous root systems therefore it should be repotted annually in a bigger pot size until the plant reaches the desired size. Larger plants should be provided with a fresh layer of top soil every year.
Sansevieria trifasciata / Snake Plant
Sansevieria trifasciata or Snake Plant is known for its unusual and beautiful foliage. The plant produces succulent upright leaves with beautiful shades of green, white and sometimes yellow variegation. Sansevieria trifasciata makes a nice indoor accent plant. It requires bright sunlight and moderate watering in a well-drained soil. The plant can be propagated easily from division.
Philodendrons are widely grown for their beautiful foliage. Easily grown indoors, most species of Philodendrons produce large and lush green foliage that creates a dramatic effect in a home interior. Most Philodendrons require moderate light and slightly moist soil.
Though not common, Crassulas are nice foliage plants to grow indoors. They offer a large variety of color, size and texture. Most Crassulas form small clumps of rosette-forming plants. They are suitable for growing in an indoor dish garden. Like other succulent plants, Crassulas are hardy plants that love indirect light and slightly moist conditions in a well-drained soil.
Ficus elastica / Rubber Plant
Commonly known as rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, Ficus elastica is a popular houseplant. This hardy plant can be grown in almost any indoor condition. For best results, provide your Rubber Plant with bright light and water only when the soil is slightly dry.
Zamioculcas zamiifolia / Zanzibar Gem
Zamioculcas zamiifolia are not usually seen in indoor settings but this lovely plant makes an excellent indoor plant because of its attractive foliage. Commonly known as Zanzibar Gem, Zamioculcas zamiifolia is an easy plant to grow and maintain for indoor foliage. In fact, it can easily sustain a little neglect. For best foliage, provide your plant with bright light and ample water. Water only when the soil is dry.
Pachira aquatica / Malabar Chestnut
Pachira aquatica is another plant to try, if you are looking for something unusual. This lovely plant produces nice foliage and does not require regular repotting. Pachira aquatica loves ample sunlight and sufficient water. When growing it indoor, make sure that you keep the soil moist and remove dead leaves regularly.
Yucca elephantipes / Stick Yucca
Yucca elephantipes or Stick Yucca is one of my favorite plants to grow in indoor settings. This hardy plant produces striking foliage and does not require special attention. It is a slow growing plant and will grow happily in its pot for many years.
Aloe vera
It is rather unusual to see this plant growing indoors, but you cannot beat this plant for its ability to adapt to almost any indoor conditions. Aloe vera produces fresh and succulent leaves. This lovely plant grows nicely in compact corners, and requires only occasional watering and bright sunlight.